ELITE LEAGUE ICE HOCKEY:Following Saturday's matches in the Rapid Solicitors Elite League, the play-off quarter-final line-up has been confirmed.

League champions Belfast Giants will play eighth-placed Dundee Stars and second-placed Sheffield Steelers will face Hull Stingrays, who finished seventh.

Challenge Cup winners and third-placed Nottingham Panthers will go head-to-head with sixth-placed Braehead Clan, while Cardiff Devils (fourth) will play Coventry Blaze.

Each tie will take place over two legs, with the winners advancing to the play-off finals weekend at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th April.

Play-off fixture list

Tuesday 27th March: Braehead Clan v Nottingham Panthers (1st leg)

Saturday 31st March: Belfast Giants v Dundee Stars (1st leg)

Saturday 31st March: Coventry Blaze v Cardiff Devils (1st leg)

Saturday 31st March: Hull Stingrays v Sheffield Steelers (1st leg)

Saturday 31st March: Nottingham Panthers v Braehead Clan (2nd leg)

Sunday 1st April: Cardif Devils v Coventry Blaze (2nd leg)

Sunday 1st April: Dundee Stars v Belfast Giants (2nd leg)

Sunday 1st April: Sheffield Steelers v Hull Stingrays (2nd leg)